Under the Big Top Birthday

 What could be more fun than having a circus birthday card?! This one features the ringmaster colored with copics. This is from the super fun, under the big top, stamp set which is 10% off during the month of May. The card colors are from the May Spotlight pack which is 20 sheets of cardstock, 4 sheets each of five colors. This month's pack includes saffron, onyx, apple, cherry and bermuda. I added a little strip of onyx chevron because it just seemed to want to be a part of the card. I cut the card base to 3-3/4 X 11 and scored and folded it at 5-1/2". The tickets were cut out by hand but there is a ticket die that would have worked great too. I just don't have it yet. :) The onyx buttons are decorated with red twinkle stickers to add a little more color and whimsy to the card.

Since it's a circus card, you might as well have fun with the inside too. (oops - my inside is not quite straight...oops!). The saffron pieces are from what was cut off of the side of the 4-1/4" card to 3-3/4" width.

All supplies including the May spotlight special stamps (which are at the top of the stamp section in the webstore) are available online at www.amusestudio.com/seleise.

Thanks for popping by and have a wonderfully creative day!! 

Mother's Day Cards: Tea Theme - Aren't You Sweet

There's this lovely teapot/teacup stamp set in the latest a muse studio catalog, aren't you sweet. I find it charming and it makes me think of my Grammie. She had a few fancy pretty teacups that she'd gotten over the years as gifts and party prizes. When she passed away, my sister and I each got one - so special.

I love how some of the old teacups had a pinkish or tealish hue in the glaze so I tried to re-create that below with copics.I should have written down the colors but... ;)

The vintage labels 1 die makes a perfect little placemat for a tea cup. Don't you agree?

Although it's blurry, isn't this font pretty? :)

Here the vintage label makes a sweet spot for a sentiment. The scalloped border creates a "shelf" for the teapot and teacup.

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Thanks for popping in and have a most wonderful day celebrating your mom. I hope you're as lucky to have a great mom like I do!

Hi! What's Up?

There are 11 stamp sets with matching die sets in the A Muse Studio catalog and I LOVE them! I paired the What's Up die set and stamp set with Woo Hoo for you and this is the result!

Isn't this new Berry color fabulous?!!! I LOVE it!!! I can't get enough of it. It's rich and bright and berrylicious! And, I've got it paired with the mermaid pinstripe and a little onyx border and it just makes my heart happy! I stamped the little girl from the Woo Hoo For You and decided to put her right on the berry because not everyone likes to color. So, I wanted to show that it can still be used even if you don't color it. The berry ink is the in the what's up die bubbles and the chevrons stamped over the pinstripe. Isn't that a fun idea?

Here's the inside. The what's up stamp set and matching die set would be great for scrapbooking. You could add the fun little word bubbles by your photos to add some extra fun accents! And, they would pop in a mini album!

So, that's the card for the day. Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for popping by!

Oh - and, all supplies are available in my webstore: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a gloriously creative week! 

Cupcake Companion Birthday and May Spotlight and Hostess special!

oh my gosh - so long between posts... I am trying to get organized as I have a bunch of projects that need to get finished and maybe I can be more efficient if I can find everything easily. It's a good plan, right? I hope to get some photos taken (better than this - sorry!) and get more posted soon. but, for now, here's a fun and easy birthday card. Stamp the "cupcake companion" stamp set numbers in different colors layering from light to dark. You could do these in a variety of patterns, make a cool background to layer on or circle a sentiment. fun stuff. I'm going to play with some masking and may use something similar in my May class. good times!

I'll be back with some more one-layer cards one of these days. It's always good to have some of those around so they can scoot through the mail easily. :)

If you're interested in hosting a party, May is your month! All hosts and hostesses get the free "eat cake" stamp set with a qualifying party:

And, check out the May spotlight specials:

So much fun!!! Contact me if you're interested in having a party. :)

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Have a wonderfully creative day! 

Dance in the Rain - April Spotlight Paper Pack

 I love this sentiment from the new"silver lining" stamp set with matching dies!  I thought it would go great with the April Spotlight paper pack which has mermaid, buttercup, bermuda, wasabi and grass. Isn't it awesome used together? I just love the colors! And, aren't the new cloud dies great? Love them!

Here's the inside - it opens up instead of to the side. :) You can stamp the cloud and cut it out with the matching silver lining die set but I decided to just stamp it inside. The cloud is in bermuda and the raindrops are mermaid.

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Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

The Pinterest-Inspired Family Bouquet

I saw a wonderful paper floral bouquet with faces for the flower center on Pinterest and immediately pinned it. It would be perfect for my mom's 80th birthday celebration! Thanks to Facebook, one of my brothers and my sister, I got all the photos together. There are 41 in our immediate family -Mom and Dad, 6 kids, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and spouses for some of the kids and grandkids. :) I uploaded photos to Walgreens several times trying to get the faces to be somewhat the same size and then I punched them out with a 1 1/4" punch. I used a muse cardstock scraps for the flowers which I cut with the biggest flower from floral die set 1 and two of the dies from the cupcake toppers die set. The flowers were then attached to a muse studio paper straws and stuck in floral foam. After all the straws were in, I put little glass blocks over the top.

Here's the result:

And, here's a back view. Isn't it pretty with the different colored straws in back and the different a muse papers in front?! On Pinterest, the bouquet was made with wooden bbq skewers which you could definitely do but the straws have a little more grab in the floral foam so it was more stable and that's what I needed. :)

Got to love Pinterest for all the wonderful ideas! Mom was really pleased and it was a lot of fun to put together.

The straws (see accessories) and cardstock (see paper) and dies (see tools)are available in my webstore: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderfully creative day!

Road To a Friend's House

 Grapefruit, Papaya, Orange and Bermuda. What a lovely color combo. This is my version of a card designed by A Muse Studio. I love the clean and simple look. The bike is in Ocean which plays well with the other colors, don't you think? The set, enjoy the ride, has some great sentiments like the one shown here.

I added a bit of the bike on the inside just to finish off the card. I think the recipient of the card would get a kick out of seeing it there, don't you?

I am so far behind on my blog hopping as there have been a lot of things pulling at my time. But, I will catch up one of these days. In the meantime, I really appreciate all of the kind comments and stop-ins. :)

Oh - those pretty little flags on the front of the card were made with the cupcake toppers die set. These dies will work in any cutter from the grand caliber to the cuttlebug to the big shot and more. :) It's such a great die set because it can be used for so many things in addition to making super cute toppers. Check back in a couple of days and you'll see another super cute project made with these shapes. :)

All supplies on this card are available in my webstore: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!